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About me

I'm Seema Chopra — an Integrative Strength & Conditioning Coach and the founder of Active Shakti™. I work with high-performing women in person in SE20, London, and online worldwide.

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My Journey

For years I pushed my body to the edge — juggling Kathak dance training, backstage work in theatre, and a Master's degree in Dance Science. On the outside I looked strong. Underneath, I was navigating burnout, ADHD, and postnatal depression.

Everything changed when I stopped fighting my body and started listening to it. Aligning my training with my cycle changed my energy, my focus, and my relationship with my own strength. I found a way to train — and to live — that actually worked for the body I have, not the one I thought I should have.

That's what I now build for the women I work with.

My Approach
 

I work with high-performing and neurodivergent women who are already training — but know something is off. Not because they lack discipline. Because they are over-functioning on an overloaded nervous system.

My work blends strength training, cycle awareness, nervous system regulation, and somatic work. Sessions start where you actually are — not where you think you should be. We work with your body's intelligence, not against it.

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Train Smart. Recover Deeply. Perform Stronger.

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What makes my coaching different?

I have lived this from the inside.

ADHD, burnout, postpartum, the moment the body stops cooperating with the life you've built. That is why women trust me. Not because of what I know. Because of what I have navigated.

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With over 14 years of experience I bring strength and conditioning expertise, women's hormonal health knowledge, somatic awareness, rehabilitation, and the lived experience of a neurodivergent woman navigating motherhood and high performance simultaneously.

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My work is coaching. But the women I work with often describe it as something deeper than that, it's healing. 

Gillian

“This feels like coming to the temple & doing the work of womanhood.”

Caroline

“Seema gave me a toolbox to understand my female body & emotional needs. It’s been hugely empowering.”

Kirsten

"Seema rehabbed a knee injury carefully building upon my Physio's advice. She applies her knowledge of fascia release and stretches with exceptional care  "

Beyond
Coaching

​When I'm not coaching you'll find me recording The Active Shakti Podcast, writing on Substack at ADHD, My Body, My Power, and working on my book of the same name — a memoir of movement, nervous system regulation, and coming home to a body that was never broken, only misunderstood.

If you're ready to start, the Clarity Call is where we begin.

Not ready for a call? Fill in a short form and I will reply with a voicenote.

Qualifications

  • Master of Science in Dance Science, Trinity Laban.

  • Post Diploma Kathak Dance, The Bhavan Institute.

  • Strength & Conditioning Coach Level 4.

  • Youth Strength & Conditioning Specialist.

  • Personal Trainer Level 3.

  • Peri/Menopause Training CPD.

  • Menstrual Health for Exercise CPD.

  • Certified Kettlebells Instructor.

  • Boxing & Padwork Certification.

  • TRX Certified Trainer.

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